Morgan ejected in Brewers' loss to Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Jon Jay went 3 for 4 for his fifth straight multihit game and he has 11 hits in his last 17 at-bats. Pujols was 2 for 4 but grounded into his major league-leading 27th double play.

Milwaukee's Corey Hart went 0 for 4 with a strikeout and hit into a double play as his 18-game hitting streak was snapped.

Lance Berkman doubled to lead off the fourth against Milwaukee's Zach Greinke (14-6) and scored the game's first run on Yadier Molina's sacrifice fly one out later.

Furcal made it 2-0 by leading off the fifth with his seventh home run.

Greinke went seven innings and allowed two runs and eight hits with four strikeouts.

NOTES: The Brewers' Casey McGehee was ejected for arguing a called third strike that ended the fourth inning. McGehee slammed his bat on the ground in the direction of home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn. He was replaced in the lineup by Craig Counsell. ... The start was Carpenter's 30th, giving him eight career seasons with 30 or more. ... Milwaukee's Chris Narveson (10-6) will face the Phillies' Cole Hamels (13-7) in the opener of a four-game series at Miller Park on Thursday. St. Louis' Edwin Jackson (11-9) will oppose the Braves' Randall Delgado on Friday. ... A moment of silence was held before the game in honor of former St. Louis Blues Pavol Demitra and Igor Korolev, who were killed earlier Wednesday in a plane crash in Russia. ... Pujols' double play was the 152nd for the Cardinals.